Kraftwerk Birsfelden / Power Station (1955) by Hans Hoffmann in Birsfelden near Basel

St. Alban-Tal Housing (1984”“88) by Diener & Diener at St. Alban-Rheinweg 94 in Basel

Schaulager (2003) by Herzog and de Meuron in MÃ¼nchenstein near Basel

Breite Zentrum (2004), ZÃ¼rcherstr. 149, 4052 Basel
The Breite Hotel was designed by Larghi and Stula. More details on the design can be found on the hotel’s website. The hotel manager was very friendly and would have shown me a room. Unfortunately all rooms were taken due to the watch and jewellery trade fair.

Residential Housing in a former factory (2005) by Buol and ZÃ¼nd at Oetlingerstrasse 69 in Basel
This building proved difficult to find as the former factory is located behind an apartment building in Klein-Basel in an inner courtyard. But it is an instant fave. I would love to live in a building like this. Well worth the search time…

Apartment House in Riehen (2009) by Pedrocchi Meier Architekten at Hinterwenkenweg 3 in Riehen near Basel
I am not such a fan of all the corners but it does look very spacious and the location is great:

School cafeteria by HHF

Gymnasium Kirschgarten
Hermann Kinkelin-Strasse 10
4051 Basel

Further details:
The city of Basel publishes an architectural guideUpdate: new building to see in Allschwil: the corporate headquarters of Actelion by Herzog and de Meuron:

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